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  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 45 m

Summary A Secret follows the saga of a Jewish family in post-World War II Paris. François, a solitary, imaginative child, invents for himself a brother as well as the story of his parents` past. But on his fifteenth birthday, he discovers a dark family secret that ties his family`s history to the Holocaust and shatters his illusions forever. Ada...

Directed By: Claude Miller

Written By: Natalie Carter, Philippe Grimbert, Claude Miller

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 45 m

A Secret

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary A Secret follows the saga of a Jewish family in post-World War II Paris. François, a solitary, imaginative child, invents for himself a brother as well as the story of his parents` past. But on his fifteenth birthday, he discovers a dark family secret that ties his family`s history to the Holocaust and shatters his illusions forever. Ada...

Directed By: Claude Miller

Written By: Natalie Carter, Philippe Grimbert, Claude Miller

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
72
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20% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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80% Positive
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100
A complicated family story that takes place in three distinct time periods, and that's handled with astonishing ease and fluidity by director Claude Miller.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
83
A Secret is suitably tense, sad, and deeply poignant as it moves toward an epilogue exploring the idea that everything rots and decays, no mater how well-maintained.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
75
The acting is exceptional. If parts of A Secret veer toward soap opera, the ensemble work reduces the suds to a minimum.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
70
Bittersweet drama.
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70
Claude Miller's ravishingly shot drama A Secret gives up its titular mystery early, so it may seem odd to speak of the suspense it generates.
By Bob Mondello FULL REVIEW
60
Beautifully acted and exquisitely photographed, director Claude Miller's superb drama, from Philippe Grimbert's autobiographical novel, is awash with the ripples created by unlived lives.
By Jami Bernard FULL REVIEW
50
The fractured timeline covers five decades, which Miller weaves together, with the past shot in color and the present in black and white. Still, the soapy climax is unnecessary.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Canal+, France 3 Cinéma, La Région Île-de-France, Soficinéma 2, Soficinéma 3, UGC YM
Release Date Sep 5, 2008
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.unsecret-lefilm.com/
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Awards

César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 11 Nominations
Globes de Cristal Awards, France
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Montréal World Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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